re: #132 Gus 802

I kind of got drawn into it myself. It was probably more a form of PTSD. But mostly it was for supporting the “war on terror.” Otherwise I invariably found myself surround by xenophobes, homophobes, transphobes, Muslim haters, creationists, racists, assholes, anti-atheist Bible thumpers. You name it. I couldn’t believe the crap I used to read at Breitbart.tv. One second I’d be all gung-ho about the “war effort” and the next I’d be reading some fucked up homophobic comment. Finally realized that I had little in common with that crew.

Took a little longer with me. I become a quisling, so convinced of the righteousness of the conservative cause that I was mouthing a lot of the same bullshit arguments that they were. I avoided a lot of the phobias outright, but I still went along with the arguements. “Sanctity of marriage,” “esprit de corps,” “fight them over there,” etc.

Then I came back here, and got bitch-slapped by reality. It still stings a little…